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What happened to 9/11 skeptic and weapons expert Dr. David Kelly?
The following is taken from the blog site run by Rowena Thursby: The Kelly Investigation Group
On 15th July 2003 British government scientist Dr David Kelly defended himself before a televised Foreign Affairs Committee against the charge that he had accused the British government of using false intelligence to justify invading Iraq. Three days later the world was stunned when he was found dead on Harrowdown Hill. A judgement of 'suicide', planted early on by police to reporters, was reinforced by a hastily-convened 'Hutton Inquiry' which adeptly shifted emphasis away from Dr Kelly's death and onto reprehensibility of key players in government and at the BBC.
Peel off the expensive Hutton gloss, and it becomes apparent that a number of things about Dr Kelly's death do not add up. Oddities and holes in witness statements to the inquiry, glaringly apparent to a careful reader, were missed, or ignored, by trained barristers. A top journalist on a national paper later told me they were ordered not to ask too many difficult questions.
Was there a cover up? I joined an internet forum, discussed discrepancies in a flurry of e-mails, and was alerted to a letter in a newspaper from David Halpin, a surgeon in Devon, who had written to say (15 December 2003):
'We have been told that he died from a cut wrist and that he had non-lethal levels of an analgesic in his blood.
As a past trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, I cannot easily accept that even the deepest cut into one wrist would cause such exsanguination that death resulted. The two arteries are of matchstick size and would have quickly shut down and clotted.'
Other medical professionals, six of them surgeons, wrote to papers independently, voicing strong doubts that it was medically possible for Dr Kelly to have died of haemorrhage after cutting a single transected ulnar artery. I contacted each of them. The 'Kelly Investigation Group' was starting to evolve.
The official account of Dr Kelly's death was looking more and more implausible. Differences between witness accounts may not be unusual, but the anomalies uncovered from analysing transcripts, looking at medical evidence, and exchanging insights, painted the disturbing picture of a body that was twice moved; blood patterning which did not fit a self-inflicted 'arterial bleed'; a totally inappropriate choice of knife; a single transected artery which would have released no more than a
pint of blood; insufficient co-proxamol to have caused death; a disingenuous policeman who lied about the number of colleagues he was with; three men in black at the scene who could not have been policemen; and dental records which were found to be missing on the day of death only to reappear two days later.
Read about these here: http://www.deadscientists.blogspot.com/
Five members of the Kelly Investigation Group, three medical, wrote an 11-page letter to the Coroner explaining the anomalies in detail. The letter was ignored. I phoned.
He said he had read the letter but the points we raised fell on deaf ears -- he wouldn't budge from the official line.
The Hutton Inquiry was a sham - it had no power to subpoena witnesses or have them testify on oath.
Nor were they cross-examined.
Had Dr Kelly received an inquest these powers could have been implemented.
In the event, there was no inquest and no verdict, only a 'conclusion'.
When the authorities stone-wall us, we must fall back on our own resources. Dr Kelly was a highly intelligent, honourable man who wanted the world to know about the terrible dangers of chemical and biological weapons. Judging from the hundreds of e-mails I've received from across the world, many suspect his death, coming at this pivotal time for governments on both sides of the Atlantic, was not
suicide -- and they care about what happened to him.
Thom Yorke of 'Radiohead' sings:
'I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness....You will be dispensed with, when you've become inconvenient, up on Harrowdown Hill.
That's where I'm lying down. Did I fall or was I pushed? And where's the blood?'
________
I recently discovered Gordon Duff's columns at Veterans Today and here is an interesting one. Duff's post states that Kelly's suicide has been "ruled a murder" but I do not see any articles saying this has happened.
I had never heard of “Boston Brakes” until two days ago..... I am told this game started with the CIA back in Boston, not with planes but cars. Car wrecks were mechanically staged using the “Boston Brakes” method, not always fatal but always a good way of communicating to someone your displeasure. Sending a college age daughter into a light pole, reporting her speedometer was stuck at 200 mph and fudging her blood test to show she was “double drunk” has been done countless times.
It isn’t just that crash that makes it “Boston Brakes” but the speedometer stuck at some outrageous speed and the blood acohol level, always from a sample that is mysteriously misplaced later. Oh, and I almost forgot, no skidmarks, something accident investigators only see at suicides or murder. Remember, always no skidmarks.
The trail that led me to look into “Boston Brakes” involved the suicide in 2003 of Dr. David Kelly, a suicide now ruled a murder. Kelly was believed to have killed himself because he had been attacked in the press by Prime Minister Tony Blair. Kelly, a prominent weapons scientist had claimed, as we all know is true today, that Tony Blair had falsified intelligence to force Britain into what Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called “the illegal invasion of Iraq.” With evidence finally, years later, piling in showing that Kelly’s body had been moved and a suicide scene staged, pathologist records falsified and that Kelly was murdered with broad complicity by more than one government agency, things have started to take on a life of their own.
Now, from Globalresearch.ca, comes an article by a doctor who's been fighting to re-open the investigation into the death of Dr. David Kelly, 9/11 whistleblower. This article is by Stephen Frost.
DOCTORS SEEK DAVID KELLY DEATH INQUEST – NEW APPLICATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
I am one of the doctors who have been fighting for an inquest into the suspicious death of Dr David Kelly in July 2003, pointing out that due process of the law has been subverted by four successive UK governments, including the present, by their not allowing, using a variety of highly dubious tactics, the legally required inquest to take place.
Because of the increasingly obvious anxiety, even desperation, of successive governments to block a formal inquest and the disingenuous reasons given for not holding an inquest, many fear that there has been a cover-up of epic proportions and many others have wondered what it is that is so important to hide that precludes an inquest taking place.
There are some who suspect that Dr Kelly was murdered and of course without an inquest that possibility has not been excluded. If he was murdered by the state, or with the knowledge of the state, and the murder has been covered up, that would constitute criminalization of the state and would fatally undermine trust, and the notion of democracy, and the delicate relationship of those who govern and those who allow themselves to be governed.
In normal circumstances, in England and Wales, a coroner holds an inquest into a suspicious death. There appears to be no intention to hold an inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly. This is a unique and unacceptable state of affairs. At medical school we were taught that without coroners and inquests nobody is safe. The Coroner speaks for the dead to protect the living.
In the context of all the above (and much more), Dr Andrew Watt and Brian Spencer lodged on Wednesday 18 April 2012 another application, to Dominic Grieve QC Attorney General, for an inquest into Dr Kelly’s death.
According to an April 20 Press Association wire:
“A group of doctors campaigning for a fresh inquiry into the death of government scientist David Kelly have submitted a new application calling for Attorney General Dominic Grieve to ask the High Court to order an inquest, it emerged today.
Mr Grieve rejected calls for an inquest last June following a lengthy review of the case of Dr Kelly, whose body was found near his Oxfordshire home in 2003, shortly after he was identified as the source of a BBC report about the Government’s dossier on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
The Attorney found there was no possibility that an inquest would reach a different conclusion from the Hutton Inquiry, which found in 2004 that Kelly committed suicide.
But the new application submitted by Dr Andrew Watt and Brian Spencer argues that Mr Grieve relied on a “misleading and inadequate assessment” of evidence that Dr Kelly’s body may have been moved in the hour after its initial discovery by volunteer searchers.
The first people to see the body described the weapons expert’s head and shoulders as being propped against a tree, but when photographs were taken about an hour later there was a clear gap between the body and the tree, and no adequate explanation has ever been given for the discrepancy, said the application, submitted on Wednesday.
“On the single ground of the evidence that the body was moved then it is evident ‘in the interests of justice’ that an inquest is needed,” said the application. “There are, however, many other grounds for doubt about the safety of Lord Hutton’s conclusion.”
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s office confirmed that the application had been received and a response was expected within the next few days.”
Below that, please see the covering letter sent by Dr Watt with the hard copy of the formal legal document (Section 13 application) to the Attorney General.
And below that, please see the full text of the new Section 13 application, published for the first time on Global Research. The reader will I am sure be rewarded by a careful reading of this meticulously researched document.
13 Ekim 2012 Cumartesi
"I'm A Luddite"
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Comment of the day.
Topic: for profit prisons
Response to: Drugs Should Be Legalized comment
Site: Diaryofahollywoodstreetking.com (A story about the death of Soul Train's Don Cornelius earlier this year.)
"Bigger" says:
"States are selling their citizens, is what it means. A Gulag system build upon the backs of people smoking joints, out on a Saturday night’s:
Black face, red, yellow, it don’t matter at this point cause the Gulag machine shits Green."
"I'm a Luddite" by
Elizabeth Grant
Mobile phones, satellite tracking & DVDs,
Sparkly giants dance on plasma TVs,
Music, music anywhere and everywhere.
I'll never swap my Sony
For it stops me feeling lonely.
Cybertronics, so so clever bionics,
Nano whatsits, nanotech, nanobots.
More and more - never ending
More of them and less of you.
We're promised a world of grey goo!
Tumbling towers holding hands to heaven.
One nation indivisible.
High tech, targeted war in a night-sight.
Enemies forever visible.
Limbs in a bag - concern in a fag.
Splitting and spitting the atoms.
Splicing blue genes -
Miracles of the Man-god.
Genetically modified - a maizing!
No, no, just give me green peace
Not a Dolly fleece.
Save the lesser spotted purple dotted
Last of its kind!
You know if it were gone you would
definitely mind.
I'll march, petition and shout.
I shan't be left behind in the race to yell
and pout.
Never mind the odds
Let's get the greedy sods!
Water, water everywhere but what
about the air?
Some fool on the only hill cries
"Fear not! Technology and science will save us."
I'm a Luddite me - almost.
We can only save ourselves from the cutting edge of progress.
ScottLondon.com: Scott London interviews Chellis Glendinning.
London: Some days ago a lawsuit by citizens who claim they've suffered health disorders as a result of Three Mile Island was dismissed for lack of proof. This had been pending in court a long time. The judge finally dismissed the case for lack of clear evidence.
Glendinning: Yes, this is a very typical situation. They say, "Well, maybe it was your hairspray that caused it," or "it could have been some chemical that caused it." It's both true and also frustrating that the poisons we produce in our civilization are so pervasive that it's hard to pinpoint the causes of illness. Yet, at the turn of the last century, something like 1 in 35 people got cancer; today it's one in three. What happened? Well, we know what happened. We saw it happen. More plastics, more chemicals, more nuclear fallout. All of those things happened.
Topic: for profit prisons
Response to: Drugs Should Be Legalized comment
Site: Diaryofahollywoodstreetking.com (A story about the death of Soul Train's Don Cornelius earlier this year.)
"Bigger" says:
"States are selling their citizens, is what it means. A Gulag system build upon the backs of people smoking joints, out on a Saturday night’s:
Black face, red, yellow, it don’t matter at this point cause the Gulag machine shits Green."
"I'm a Luddite" by
Elizabeth Grant
Mobile phones, satellite tracking & DVDs,
Sparkly giants dance on plasma TVs,
Music, music anywhere and everywhere.
I'll never swap my Sony
For it stops me feeling lonely.
Cybertronics, so so clever bionics,
Nano whatsits, nanotech, nanobots.
More and more - never ending
More of them and less of you.
We're promised a world of grey goo!
Tumbling towers holding hands to heaven.
One nation indivisible.
High tech, targeted war in a night-sight.
Enemies forever visible.
Limbs in a bag - concern in a fag.
Splitting and spitting the atoms.
Splicing blue genes -
Miracles of the Man-god.
Genetically modified - a maizing!
No, no, just give me green peace
Not a Dolly fleece.
Save the lesser spotted purple dotted
Last of its kind!
You know if it were gone you would
definitely mind.
I'll march, petition and shout.
I shan't be left behind in the race to yell
and pout.
Never mind the odds
Let's get the greedy sods!
Water, water everywhere but what
about the air?
Some fool on the only hill cries
"Fear not! Technology and science will save us."
I'm a Luddite me - almost.
We can only save ourselves from the cutting edge of progress.
ScottLondon.com: Scott London interviews Chellis Glendinning.
London: Some days ago a lawsuit by citizens who claim they've suffered health disorders as a result of Three Mile Island was dismissed for lack of proof. This had been pending in court a long time. The judge finally dismissed the case for lack of clear evidence.
Glendinning: Yes, this is a very typical situation. They say, "Well, maybe it was your hairspray that caused it," or "it could have been some chemical that caused it." It's both true and also frustrating that the poisons we produce in our civilization are so pervasive that it's hard to pinpoint the causes of illness. Yet, at the turn of the last century, something like 1 in 35 people got cancer; today it's one in three. What happened? Well, we know what happened. We saw it happen. More plastics, more chemicals, more nuclear fallout. All of those things happened.
The Power Hour: History Of Chemtrails
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HISTORY OF CHEMTRAILS, SCALAR WEAPONS, INTERVIEW WITH EX NSA AND CIA ASSOCIATE
Posted By: IZAKOVIC
Date: Monday, 21-May-2007 16:21:04
This is transcript of May 14, 2007 The Power Hour
http://www.thepowerhour.com/welcome.htm
Interview with A. C. Griffith, one of the global chemtrail spraying operation researchers that came out in the open, conducted by Joyce Riley:
A. C. Griffith was associate within NSA, he carried top secret clearance, a cryptographic clearance, and in more recent times he was associated with CIA operations. He was married to lady lawyer, judge, his father in law was chief justice of the supreme court of Virginia.
Here is a verbatim transcript of what he said during the interview conducted by Joyce Riley:
Griffith:
Several years ago I've got a call from Mike Blair from the "Spotlight" newspaper in Washington, now called "The American Free Press", he asked me to help work with him on the story about the white trails coming from the airplanes. And time is gone by and I guess this was 8 or 9 years ago.
We actually got inside the program. We were the only people in the world that have actually got inside that program. The aerosol program, the chemtrail program.
I am talking about, actually, getting inside the program at Wright Patterson air force base where it is been managed. And we actually got into some of the people that were dissatisfied form within the program they divulged. A lot of the acronyms and the purpose of the program and so on, and that is the only way that anybody could ever have broken the secrecy of this program.
We know that people have died over this program. People have been hit, to keep them quiet. And we know that other things have happened at key people of this program. One of the key people that designed the aerosol, the barium salt aerosol, was set-up by the people in Reagan administration, and he is now sitting in the federal penitentiary. They still go to him to ask him questions, but jet he is in the prison.
That is little unnerving, isn't it? That the man that has designed the barium salt aerosol is sitting in the prison.
The white trails are not coming out of the engines, its coming out of the aerosol units on the aircraft.
In the very beginning, at early days, the aircraft were flying relatively low, 10.000 feet or bellow, and they were developing the program. They were mostly contract aircraft, mostly CIA aircraft.
Now program has been extended and commercial airliners have been outfitted with aerosol units that are controlled thru computer systems and satellites to dispense a barium salt mixture. So the mixture of barium aerosols are not coming thru the engine, its coming out of the aerosol units. And we have checked on information and we do confirm that the name the project is "Project Cloverleaf" in the aircraft industry. It is very secretive, it is the most secretive I have ever encountered. People have died over this talking about it.
I listened to your broadcast just few minutes ago, the general was on saying that he is very patriotic and he feels compelled to speak out, and that is exactly the way as I feel. I am very patriotic.
I was born before the WWII, I am an old guy. And I come from that generation and that mind set. This is my country. And I see my country being dissolved. My country is being destroyed right in front my eyes, and the people are being hurt, and that's why I consented to be on your radio program today. You all remember you asked me many times to do this and I have been very reluctant, but its time, its time to speak out and go public with things.
_______
Disinfo? Or info?
You tell me.
HISTORY OF CHEMTRAILS, SCALAR WEAPONS, INTERVIEW WITH EX NSA AND CIA ASSOCIATE
Posted By: IZAKOVIC
Date: Monday, 21-May-2007 16:21:04
This is transcript of May 14, 2007 The Power Hour
http://www.thepowerhour.com/welcome.htm
Interview with A. C. Griffith, one of the global chemtrail spraying operation researchers that came out in the open, conducted by Joyce Riley:
A. C. Griffith was associate within NSA, he carried top secret clearance, a cryptographic clearance, and in more recent times he was associated with CIA operations. He was married to lady lawyer, judge, his father in law was chief justice of the supreme court of Virginia.
Here is a verbatim transcript of what he said during the interview conducted by Joyce Riley:
Griffith:
Several years ago I've got a call from Mike Blair from the "Spotlight" newspaper in Washington, now called "The American Free Press", he asked me to help work with him on the story about the white trails coming from the airplanes. And time is gone by and I guess this was 8 or 9 years ago.
We actually got inside the program. We were the only people in the world that have actually got inside that program. The aerosol program, the chemtrail program.
I am talking about, actually, getting inside the program at Wright Patterson air force base where it is been managed. And we actually got into some of the people that were dissatisfied form within the program they divulged. A lot of the acronyms and the purpose of the program and so on, and that is the only way that anybody could ever have broken the secrecy of this program.
We know that people have died over this program. People have been hit, to keep them quiet. And we know that other things have happened at key people of this program. One of the key people that designed the aerosol, the barium salt aerosol, was set-up by the people in Reagan administration, and he is now sitting in the federal penitentiary. They still go to him to ask him questions, but jet he is in the prison.
That is little unnerving, isn't it? That the man that has designed the barium salt aerosol is sitting in the prison.
The white trails are not coming out of the engines, its coming out of the aerosol units on the aircraft.
In the very beginning, at early days, the aircraft were flying relatively low, 10.000 feet or bellow, and they were developing the program. They were mostly contract aircraft, mostly CIA aircraft.
Now program has been extended and commercial airliners have been outfitted with aerosol units that are controlled thru computer systems and satellites to dispense a barium salt mixture. So the mixture of barium aerosols are not coming thru the engine, its coming out of the aerosol units. And we have checked on information and we do confirm that the name the project is "Project Cloverleaf" in the aircraft industry. It is very secretive, it is the most secretive I have ever encountered. People have died over this talking about it.
I listened to your broadcast just few minutes ago, the general was on saying that he is very patriotic and he feels compelled to speak out, and that is exactly the way as I feel. I am very patriotic.
I was born before the WWII, I am an old guy. And I come from that generation and that mind set. This is my country. And I see my country being dissolved. My country is being destroyed right in front my eyes, and the people are being hurt, and that's why I consented to be on your radio program today. You all remember you asked me many times to do this and I have been very reluctant, but its time, its time to speak out and go public with things.
_______
Disinfo? Or info?
You tell me.
Accident On The Ventura Freeway October 11, 2012
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It's one thing to report traffic accidents daily on the radio and quite another to see them. For that reason I have undying admiration for the California Highway Patrol people who deal with these accidents. They are terrible.
Knocking on wood, I am extremely lucky to never have been in a vehicle accident. It's not that I'm a good driver, though I drive as carefully as I can and never, ever use the phone in the car. All it takes is reaching down to hit the tuner or skip a track on the cd player----take your attention away from the highway for two seconds and you cover a lot of ground---ground in which someone could swerve into your path, or an obstruction previously unseen can appear in front of you.
I've been reporting traffic in Southern California since 1995. Right now I am on two San Diego stations in the afternoon, and Sirius Satellite radio traffic channels for LA, Seattle and San Diego in the evenings. Sometimes I fill in as Ann Phibian on the amazing K-Frog in beautiful San Bernardino county. And yes, I do think it's beautiful like the rest of Southern California...the mountains are breathtaking and Southern California is gorgeous all the way through. It was sacred ground to the Indians and there are few better climates on earth, though it heats up Inland in the summers and the nights are balmy. Sometimes I think moving east would be a nice way to get out of the LA madness. Anyway.
For the longest time, despite being a traffic reporter, I have used surface streets (or the sidewalk when I lived next to work) and avoided the highways. That's a lot more easy to calculate when it comes to travel times, because if there's an accident, you might just be screwed taking the freeway. Surface streets, you can dodge into side streets if you know the drive or otherwise squeak out of a backup. Not so on the freeway. But I also saw very few surface street accidents----however they happen all the time, and might be as lethal. I have seen (and heard) some awful ones. I live near a major Hollywood intersection in a nightlife district and one night we heard a crash that killed someone. The sound is horrifying. A real counterpoint to the wonderful commercials showing shiny vehicles soaring over mountain roads.
Since my company moved to Sherman Oaks I've been taking the Ventura Freeway to get to work. And it's an eye-opener for me. Tuesday I saw a horrible accident on the other side of the freeway, on the 101 south at Lankershim. The car looked burned and totaled and was crumpled like a can. When I got to work I checked CHP's CAD website
(an excellent resource for anyone checking driving conditions) and saw that the accident had happened at 10:30 am. When I passed by, it was 2:20 pm and they were still on scene investigating. The freeway was backed up, barely moving, for miles. Everyone was slowing down automatically. It's very hard not to look when something is right there, that could happen to you. Looky-loo traffic, as we call it, is really annoying---but I don't know that there's any way to mitigate it.
In fact I wonder quite often if there's a way to mitigate the daily mayhem out there. The drive is so much more dangerous than people realize, especially if they're talking on phones. The distraction factor is deadly, yet I see people blithely ignore the road while talking happily away, swerving and braking and toodling along at 45 in the center lane. Or stepping off the curb staring into their stupidphones (sorry, it really bothers me) and totally ignoring traffic. (If you go to that link, you'll find raging arguments in the comments section over whether pedestrians or drivers are more at fault. Answer: every situation is different. Both pedestrians and drivers are distracted on the road, and both are distracted by hand-held gadgets. Stepping into traffic without looking is something I see ALL the time--in fact before I started writing this post I was talking to a colleague who brought that up without prompting as we were discussing surface street dangers.
He said, "I see it all the time. People just step right off the curb bopping along with their earbuds in or looking at their phone and they never look up. It's like 'lucky you that I'm paying attention because otherwise you might be toast.'"
"I see it a lot too," I agreed.
I mentioned the L.A. Times story linked above titled "L.A. drivers have high rate of fatal pedestrian, cyclist crashes" and he said, "Yep, I read that one too."
The title implies it's the drivers with the problem and the one thing that can't be ignored is that the drivers, not the pedestrians, are the ones operating heavy machinery, and they, I believe, have the greater responsibility to look where they're going. Perhaps pedestrians are used to the courtesy that drivers show them in L.A. I do see drivers looking and checking at intersections, and I do walk on these city streets every week if not every single day. And I have to cross too. And usually, usually, drivers pay attention and try to make eye contact with pedestrians---is my own experience. In pedestrian-heavy areas I find L.A. drivers to be more than courteous. They are more careful there than they are on the freeway, in my opinion.
And yes, I've thought about this a lot at this point. Mostly by way of wondering what could be done to prevent these terrible deaths, which are an epidemic no one calls attention to very often. Traffic deaths are so commonplace--maybe an average of seven a week in L.A. County---that they have faded into the background. There are much more sensational "dangers" that people like to think about, and I'm guilty too---9/11, nuclear energy and so forth. But these are preventable tragedies that happen every single day.
Preventable.
What can we do?
"bill.vodka" commented on the L.A. Times story with an interesting idea for bike pathways:
If cars have a network of freeways, why can't bikes in LA be linked together by dedicated bike paths instead of these bike lanes on busy roads. Would you seriously ride a bike on Venice Blvd or on Sepulveda?
This way cyclists don't have to worry about cars. Cars don't worry about cyclists. Angry confrontations averted. Dedicated bike paths can also be incorporated with walking areas and they are good for pedestrians too (provided the cyclists don't act too entitled toward pedestrians on "their" bike path which they often do)
....The accident I passed on the freeway today horrified me. As I was heading north on the Ventura Freeway, approaching Laurel Canyon, traffic started bunching up to the left, and I hit my signal and started merging right to avoid the bunchup. So I was in the third lane when I passed the accident.
The first thing I saw was the woman sitting in the center divider, the extremely narrow space between the concrete meridian and the left lane. It's not a breakdown lane by any means--there's no room there at all. She was scooched down, not seated but not standing, and she was sobbing uncontrollably. She was a pretty Asian woman with dark hair and she did not look injured---but she was beside herself. As I passed her hands came away from her face and I saw her just bawling her eyes out. The car, immediately in front of her, was crumpled in the front. There was only that one car stopped. In front of the car, a man was standing, punching buttons on his cell phone. Had he not been standing there, I would have gone to the left lane, hit reverse, and helped her. As it was, I almost stopped anyway to help and to tell her to get the hell out from in front of the car, where she was sitting inches from oncoming traffic. Apparently neither of them thought she was in danger where she was sitting, and people were slowing down, but if this happens to you, get sheltered behind whatever you can, namely your vehicle. Don't sit in oncoming traffic.
Please believe it---people get killed that way. People get killed, in fact, on the side of the freeway all the time. A breakdown lane is no guarantee of safety. Besides the cars, there are also violent assholes who will gun you down if they're in the wrong mood: witness the death of Bill Cosby's son Ennis:
On the evening of January 16, 1997, Cosby was on his way to visit his friend Stephanie Crane when his Mercedes Benz got a flat tire along Interstate 405, Los Angeles. He pulled his dark-green Mercedes SL600 convertible near the Bel Air freeway off-ramp on Skirball Center Drive and phoned Crane, explaining what had happened. Crane drove out to meet Cosby and focused the lights of her vehicle on the Mercedes's flat tire to illuminate it.[citation needed]
As Cosby was changing the tire, Mikhail Markhasev, an 18 year old Ukrainian immigrant (who worked at a nearby restaurant, had a previous criminal record, and whom happened to be nearby using a pay phone at a commuter lot) approached the driver-side window of Crane's vehicle and pulled a .38 caliber handgun on her. Crane initially sped away 20–50 feet down the street but then turned around to retrieve Cosby. By the time Crane got back to Cosby's vehicle, he had been shot in the head. Crane saw Markhasev running away down the street but was unable to describe him, except to say that he resembled a character in the film Dead Man Walking.[citation needed]
Markhasev had come to the U.S. eight years earlier (legally) as a Russian refugee and was not a U.S. citizen. Since arriving, Markhasev had served time in a California Youth Authority camp on an assault conviction and had just been released from the facility in September 1996. He also had several other arrests as a juvenile while in the U.S.
In the aftermath of Cosby's death, America's Most Wanted and The National Enquirer offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest. One of Markhasev's co-workers phoned the Enquirer, giving Markhasev's name and telling them that he had bragged the night of the killing that before work he'd shot a black man and that it was on the news.
Driving is not a joke. It is not a casual exercise. When I came into work today, I opened up CHP's site right away to see if someone was on the accident. They respond very quickly as far as I can tell----they do a great job. Their listing looked like this as of 3:23 pm. Lots of code in here. But from what I can tell from the writing below, someone stopped very soon after I passed the accident. I passed the collision at 2:20 and saw the guy with the cell phone. CHP entered the notification online at 2:24. By 2:27, someone else had stopped to help. By 2:32, yet another vehicle had stopped on that busy, dangerous freeway.
Whoever stopped also put themselves in danger--another reason I didn't stop, though had I not been on the way to work I would have circled around and pulled up behind the victim. Ambulance was called at 2:35. The CHP log indicates that at least two people besides the driver called Highway Patrol. CHP officers arrived on scene at 2:38. They cleared it off to the side by 2:47. They "run a break" to do that---stopping traffic temporarily while the vehicle is moved to the shoulder area. The notation at 2:58 shows that this was an injury accident. The woman's injuries did not appear serious, but she did appear to be either hysterical or in pain.
2:58 PM 9 [18] [Appended, 14:58:07] TC W/INJ''S - XFER LAPD [Shared]
2:48 PM 8 [16] 1039 MID VALLEY - ETA 15-20 [Shared]
2:47 PM 7 [15] PER 56-170B - PLS ROLL 1 1185 BT RT [Shared]
2:40 PM 6 [14] PER 56-100B - ROLL LAFD [Shared]
2:35 PM 5 [9] [Notification] [CHP]-PRIVATE AMBULANCE 97 REQ ETA
2:32 PM 4 [12] [Appended, 14:37:32] [3] DUPE REPT ADVSD THREE VEHS STOPPED HERE
2:31 PM 3 [6] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DUPE CALLER - 2 VEHS BLKG CD/#1 LN
2:27 PM 2 [1] 2 VEH BLKG SLOW LN
2:24 PM 1 [10] [Appended, 14:37:32] [1] SOLO VEH HIT CD WALL // BLU TOYT COA
Unit Information
2:32 PM 8 Unit Assigned
2:32 PM 7 Unit At Scene
2:38 PM 6 Unit Assigned
2:38 PM 5 Unit At Scene
2:47 PM 4 Unit Cleared
2:47 PM 3 Unit Assigned
2:47 PM 2 Unit At Scene
3:03 PM 1 Unit Cleared
Click here for Don Thompson's unbelievable photo of an accident on the 134 portion of the Ventura Freeway (no gore, just very strange).
Four Killed On 134 Ventura Freeway in Eagle Rock, 8.13.12:
EAGLE ROCK - A fourth victim died today after a vehicle that may have experienced a blowout went over the side of the Ventura (134) Freeway in Eagle Rock and plunged onto the street below, authorities said.
The latest fatality was an adult hospitalized after the crash, which occurred around 6:55 p.m. Sunday on the eastbound 134 at Figueroa Street, said coroner's Lt. Joe Bale.
Three people, a man, a woman and a girl, were pronounced dead at the scene, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said, and a 55-year- old man, a 36-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were taken to hospitals.
The accident victims were all in the same vehicle, possibly a minivan, Humphrey said. The vehicle ended up on Figueroa Street, some 75-100 feet below the freeway.
The California Highway Patrol investigation took much of the night and kept all or part of the eastbound Ventura Freeway closed for hours at Figueroa Street, according to the CHP. Two lanes were reopened at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, but the others not until just before 2 a.m. today.
A blown tire is a possible cause of the crash, CHP Officer Adam Eggleston said.
"A witness observed possible tire debris," he said. "The vehicle lost control, began to flip, rotated approximately three times and a child was ejected."
Witness Andrew Gutierrez told ABC7 it was surreal to see the vehicle fly 75 to 100 feet from the freeway, and he tried to help the people inside. "It's like a
movie, it's like a dream, you know. You just turn around, there's dead people. You feel for them `cause you don't know them."
Knocking on wood, I am extremely lucky to never have been in a vehicle accident. It's not that I'm a good driver, though I drive as carefully as I can and never, ever use the phone in the car. All it takes is reaching down to hit the tuner or skip a track on the cd player----take your attention away from the highway for two seconds and you cover a lot of ground---ground in which someone could swerve into your path, or an obstruction previously unseen can appear in front of you.
I've been reporting traffic in Southern California since 1995. Right now I am on two San Diego stations in the afternoon, and Sirius Satellite radio traffic channels for LA, Seattle and San Diego in the evenings. Sometimes I fill in as Ann Phibian on the amazing K-Frog in beautiful San Bernardino county. And yes, I do think it's beautiful like the rest of Southern California...the mountains are breathtaking and Southern California is gorgeous all the way through. It was sacred ground to the Indians and there are few better climates on earth, though it heats up Inland in the summers and the nights are balmy. Sometimes I think moving east would be a nice way to get out of the LA madness. Anyway.
For the longest time, despite being a traffic reporter, I have used surface streets (or the sidewalk when I lived next to work) and avoided the highways. That's a lot more easy to calculate when it comes to travel times, because if there's an accident, you might just be screwed taking the freeway. Surface streets, you can dodge into side streets if you know the drive or otherwise squeak out of a backup. Not so on the freeway. But I also saw very few surface street accidents----however they happen all the time, and might be as lethal. I have seen (and heard) some awful ones. I live near a major Hollywood intersection in a nightlife district and one night we heard a crash that killed someone. The sound is horrifying. A real counterpoint to the wonderful commercials showing shiny vehicles soaring over mountain roads.
Since my company moved to Sherman Oaks I've been taking the Ventura Freeway to get to work. And it's an eye-opener for me. Tuesday I saw a horrible accident on the other side of the freeway, on the 101 south at Lankershim. The car looked burned and totaled and was crumpled like a can. When I got to work I checked CHP's CAD website
(an excellent resource for anyone checking driving conditions) and saw that the accident had happened at 10:30 am. When I passed by, it was 2:20 pm and they were still on scene investigating. The freeway was backed up, barely moving, for miles. Everyone was slowing down automatically. It's very hard not to look when something is right there, that could happen to you. Looky-loo traffic, as we call it, is really annoying---but I don't know that there's any way to mitigate it.
In fact I wonder quite often if there's a way to mitigate the daily mayhem out there. The drive is so much more dangerous than people realize, especially if they're talking on phones. The distraction factor is deadly, yet I see people blithely ignore the road while talking happily away, swerving and braking and toodling along at 45 in the center lane. Or stepping off the curb staring into their stupidphones (sorry, it really bothers me) and totally ignoring traffic. (If you go to that link, you'll find raging arguments in the comments section over whether pedestrians or drivers are more at fault. Answer: every situation is different. Both pedestrians and drivers are distracted on the road, and both are distracted by hand-held gadgets. Stepping into traffic without looking is something I see ALL the time--in fact before I started writing this post I was talking to a colleague who brought that up without prompting as we were discussing surface street dangers.
He said, "I see it all the time. People just step right off the curb bopping along with their earbuds in or looking at their phone and they never look up. It's like 'lucky you that I'm paying attention because otherwise you might be toast.'"
"I see it a lot too," I agreed.
I mentioned the L.A. Times story linked above titled "L.A. drivers have high rate of fatal pedestrian, cyclist crashes" and he said, "Yep, I read that one too."
The title implies it's the drivers with the problem and the one thing that can't be ignored is that the drivers, not the pedestrians, are the ones operating heavy machinery, and they, I believe, have the greater responsibility to look where they're going. Perhaps pedestrians are used to the courtesy that drivers show them in L.A. I do see drivers looking and checking at intersections, and I do walk on these city streets every week if not every single day. And I have to cross too. And usually, usually, drivers pay attention and try to make eye contact with pedestrians---is my own experience. In pedestrian-heavy areas I find L.A. drivers to be more than courteous. They are more careful there than they are on the freeway, in my opinion.
And yes, I've thought about this a lot at this point. Mostly by way of wondering what could be done to prevent these terrible deaths, which are an epidemic no one calls attention to very often. Traffic deaths are so commonplace--maybe an average of seven a week in L.A. County---that they have faded into the background. There are much more sensational "dangers" that people like to think about, and I'm guilty too---9/11, nuclear energy and so forth. But these are preventable tragedies that happen every single day.
Preventable.
What can we do?
"bill.vodka" commented on the L.A. Times story with an interesting idea for bike pathways:
If cars have a network of freeways, why can't bikes in LA be linked together by dedicated bike paths instead of these bike lanes on busy roads. Would you seriously ride a bike on Venice Blvd or on Sepulveda?
This way cyclists don't have to worry about cars. Cars don't worry about cyclists. Angry confrontations averted. Dedicated bike paths can also be incorporated with walking areas and they are good for pedestrians too (provided the cyclists don't act too entitled toward pedestrians on "their" bike path which they often do)
....The accident I passed on the freeway today horrified me. As I was heading north on the Ventura Freeway, approaching Laurel Canyon, traffic started bunching up to the left, and I hit my signal and started merging right to avoid the bunchup. So I was in the third lane when I passed the accident.
The first thing I saw was the woman sitting in the center divider, the extremely narrow space between the concrete meridian and the left lane. It's not a breakdown lane by any means--there's no room there at all. She was scooched down, not seated but not standing, and she was sobbing uncontrollably. She was a pretty Asian woman with dark hair and she did not look injured---but she was beside herself. As I passed her hands came away from her face and I saw her just bawling her eyes out. The car, immediately in front of her, was crumpled in the front. There was only that one car stopped. In front of the car, a man was standing, punching buttons on his cell phone. Had he not been standing there, I would have gone to the left lane, hit reverse, and helped her. As it was, I almost stopped anyway to help and to tell her to get the hell out from in front of the car, where she was sitting inches from oncoming traffic. Apparently neither of them thought she was in danger where she was sitting, and people were slowing down, but if this happens to you, get sheltered behind whatever you can, namely your vehicle. Don't sit in oncoming traffic.
Please believe it---people get killed that way. People get killed, in fact, on the side of the freeway all the time. A breakdown lane is no guarantee of safety. Besides the cars, there are also violent assholes who will gun you down if they're in the wrong mood: witness the death of Bill Cosby's son Ennis:
On the evening of January 16, 1997, Cosby was on his way to visit his friend Stephanie Crane when his Mercedes Benz got a flat tire along Interstate 405, Los Angeles. He pulled his dark-green Mercedes SL600 convertible near the Bel Air freeway off-ramp on Skirball Center Drive and phoned Crane, explaining what had happened. Crane drove out to meet Cosby and focused the lights of her vehicle on the Mercedes's flat tire to illuminate it.[citation needed]
As Cosby was changing the tire, Mikhail Markhasev, an 18 year old Ukrainian immigrant (who worked at a nearby restaurant, had a previous criminal record, and whom happened to be nearby using a pay phone at a commuter lot) approached the driver-side window of Crane's vehicle and pulled a .38 caliber handgun on her. Crane initially sped away 20–50 feet down the street but then turned around to retrieve Cosby. By the time Crane got back to Cosby's vehicle, he had been shot in the head. Crane saw Markhasev running away down the street but was unable to describe him, except to say that he resembled a character in the film Dead Man Walking.[citation needed]
Markhasev had come to the U.S. eight years earlier (legally) as a Russian refugee and was not a U.S. citizen. Since arriving, Markhasev had served time in a California Youth Authority camp on an assault conviction and had just been released from the facility in September 1996. He also had several other arrests as a juvenile while in the U.S.
In the aftermath of Cosby's death, America's Most Wanted and The National Enquirer offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest. One of Markhasev's co-workers phoned the Enquirer, giving Markhasev's name and telling them that he had bragged the night of the killing that before work he'd shot a black man and that it was on the news.
Driving is not a joke. It is not a casual exercise. When I came into work today, I opened up CHP's site right away to see if someone was on the accident. They respond very quickly as far as I can tell----they do a great job. Their listing looked like this as of 3:23 pm. Lots of code in here. But from what I can tell from the writing below, someone stopped very soon after I passed the accident. I passed the collision at 2:20 and saw the guy with the cell phone. CHP entered the notification online at 2:24. By 2:27, someone else had stopped to help. By 2:32, yet another vehicle had stopped on that busy, dangerous freeway.
Whoever stopped also put themselves in danger--another reason I didn't stop, though had I not been on the way to work I would have circled around and pulled up behind the victim. Ambulance was called at 2:35. The CHP log indicates that at least two people besides the driver called Highway Patrol. CHP officers arrived on scene at 2:38. They cleared it off to the side by 2:47. They "run a break" to do that---stopping traffic temporarily while the vehicle is moved to the shoulder area. The notation at 2:58 shows that this was an injury accident. The woman's injuries did not appear serious, but she did appear to be either hysterical or in pain.
2:58 PM 9 [18] [Appended, 14:58:07] TC W/INJ''S - XFER LAPD [Shared]
2:48 PM 8 [16] 1039 MID VALLEY - ETA 15-20 [Shared]
2:47 PM 7 [15] PER 56-170B - PLS ROLL 1 1185 BT RT [Shared]
2:40 PM 6 [14] PER 56-100B - ROLL LAFD [Shared]
2:35 PM 5 [9] [Notification] [CHP]-PRIVATE AMBULANCE 97 REQ ETA
2:32 PM 4 [12] [Appended, 14:37:32] [3] DUPE REPT ADVSD THREE VEHS STOPPED HERE
2:31 PM 3 [6] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DUPE CALLER - 2 VEHS BLKG CD/#1 LN
2:27 PM 2 [1] 2 VEH BLKG SLOW LN
2:24 PM 1 [10] [Appended, 14:37:32] [1] SOLO VEH HIT CD WALL // BLU TOYT COA
Unit Information
2:32 PM 8 Unit Assigned
2:32 PM 7 Unit At Scene
2:38 PM 6 Unit Assigned
2:38 PM 5 Unit At Scene
2:47 PM 4 Unit Cleared
2:47 PM 3 Unit Assigned
2:47 PM 2 Unit At Scene
3:03 PM 1 Unit Cleared
Click here for Don Thompson's unbelievable photo of an accident on the 134 portion of the Ventura Freeway (no gore, just very strange).
Four Killed On 134 Ventura Freeway in Eagle Rock, 8.13.12:
EAGLE ROCK - A fourth victim died today after a vehicle that may have experienced a blowout went over the side of the Ventura (134) Freeway in Eagle Rock and plunged onto the street below, authorities said.
The latest fatality was an adult hospitalized after the crash, which occurred around 6:55 p.m. Sunday on the eastbound 134 at Figueroa Street, said coroner's Lt. Joe Bale.
Three people, a man, a woman and a girl, were pronounced dead at the scene, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said, and a 55-year- old man, a 36-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were taken to hospitals.
The accident victims were all in the same vehicle, possibly a minivan, Humphrey said. The vehicle ended up on Figueroa Street, some 75-100 feet below the freeway.
The California Highway Patrol investigation took much of the night and kept all or part of the eastbound Ventura Freeway closed for hours at Figueroa Street, according to the CHP. Two lanes were reopened at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, but the others not until just before 2 a.m. today.
A blown tire is a possible cause of the crash, CHP Officer Adam Eggleston said.
"A witness observed possible tire debris," he said. "The vehicle lost control, began to flip, rotated approximately three times and a child was ejected."
Witness Andrew Gutierrez told ABC7 it was surreal to see the vehicle fly 75 to 100 feet from the freeway, and he tried to help the people inside. "It's like a
movie, it's like a dream, you know. You just turn around, there's dead people. You feel for them `cause you don't know them."
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I just watched the three part Atomic Meltdown U.S.A segment on Youtube (search for title: Atomic Meltdown U.S.A part 1, part 2, part 3) and was blown away. In fact as I listened I was thinking "that sure sounds like Warren Olney...but not quite." (He wasn't identified in the beginning of the piece, which I was listening to more than watching.) Then I saw the name on the screen and realized I was watching a 1970's Warren Olney.
I'll have to listen to this show, with Warren Olney, here, now.
The program on KCRW is called "High Level Radioactivity in Groundwater at Santa Susana", aired THU MAY 20, 2004, produced by Frances Anderton.
I'm trying to learn more about this because I recently found out there had been a partial meltdown in Simi, a random online discovery just a few weeks ago, this being October 2012, and I was shocked. I was even more shocked after listening to a segment of American Public Media's Living On Earth, produced in 2006, about the class-action settlement by residents who became sick or died or lost loved ones to cancer. The meltdown is described as "the third worst release of radiation in nuclear history." Contrast that with how Warren describes the reports assessing safety after the meltdown, saying the reports "practically sighed with relief."
What does that tell me? What does that imply? Nothing good for you, me, or anyone in Southern California---and there are quite a few of us.
Today was the day I heard the Atomic Meltdown USA documentary (because that's really what it is, and some of that video is just amazing) ----and I can't really even describe how pissed off it made me. It's clear that some of the people Warren interviewed were uninformed, lying, or just plain bloody weak. And I'm referring to the "officials" who are in charge of these things and, unfortunately, involved in either keeping them secret or excusing the secrecy.
Most recently in nuclear news comes the alarming news that across the Pacific at the Dai-Ichi plant, Reactor 4 sits atop a 100-foot-tall, unstable structure, which workers cannot even approach because of the raging radioactivity. There has been word that the ground upon which that reactor sits has sunk 30 inches since 3/11, from Professor Mitsuhei Murata, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, who speaks in the video. Consider where the Fukushima plant is situated, on the seismically-active Ring of Fire. Then consider that we in Southern California sit on the opposite edge of that ring, in a quake zone, as well.
Then, consider that San Onofre sits near fault lines capable of a slip of greater magnitude than San O has been designed for---yet Edison wants to continue to operate it. On KPCC the other day Rochelle Becker of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility made an astounding statement. She said she "didn't know" whether San Onofre workers are in jeopardy.
I listened to the segment online while I was cleaning house. It's very interesting and very relevant because this is the process of deciding whether this plant will continue to operate. I found Becker's statement absolutely amazing and no one called her on it. San Onofre sits on a quake zone that is "15 months pregnant overdue" in the words of a Scripps seismologist, for "the Big One." And the Big One is bigger than what San O was designed for.
Given this simple truth, how can Ms. Becker make such a statement that she "doesn't know" whether plant workers are in danger? We are all in danger, and they are on the front lines. They are in serious danger, and their plant does not give a rat's ass about their safety from what I can tell. They also don't give a rat's ass about employing them.
From the LA Times August 12, 2012:
The company announced Monday a planned reduction of about 730 employees that will bring down staffing at the plant in northern San Diego County to 1,500. Details of the cuts will be worked out later this year, officials said.
....
Edison said in a statement that the company had begun plans to downsize more than two years ago after concluding that San Onofre's staffing and costs were "significantly higher" than at similar nuclear plants. In documents filed with the California Public Utilities Commission in 2010, the company outlined a projected reduction of 500 workers by October 2012.
At a large public meeting this past Tuesday, Edison workers rallied for their jobs and against plant shutdown. But Edison was planning to lay them off even before the reactor shutdown and equipment failures.
And Edison has been less than truthful, as has the NRC, in describing the problems with the generators are "computer modeling" predictions gone wrong. That's a pretty unique way to describe a situation where key design changes, including the addition of 400 high-pressure tubes to carry radioactive water, to the generators. Leaving that out of the explanation cannot be described as anything but a very serious lie of omission that distorts the facts by eliminating a key influence on the events.
This October 5, 2012 L.A. Times story says:
"A regulatory commission report blamed errors in computer modeling by Mitsubishi for the problems in the new steam generators.
In a statement Thursday, Mitsubishi pushed back against the suggestion that using a different modeling code would have prevented the problems, saying that the type of tube wear found at San Onofre was unprecedented in the industry."
Engineer Arnie Gundersen, who ran nuclear plants in the 70's and was blacklisted in the industry for speaking out about safety problems, has compiled reports describing the design changes, including this one.
Another excellent source of information about radiation in general, from Fukushima or otherwise, is Michael Collins' EnviroReporter.com out of Santa Monica. What I would give to hear Michael Collins on Warren Olney's show.
This recent article by Michael Collins describes a Tokyo company's tests for radioactivity and the results they found in California produce, which is less than comforting.
Meanwhile, a citizen blogger named Hatrick Penry has delved into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
These documents show what nuclear regulators and U.S. officials said to each other as the Dai-Ichi plant began its meltdown on 3/11.
If you don't trust Hatrick Penry's interpretation, you can read the official documents, posted here in part: "Official Transcripts-Audio File --transcripts of telephone conversations.
It's a 944 page document. It's a really good thing bloggers are writing and thinking about this. It amazes me how bloggers get ridiculed by Mainstream Media freaks, who only are allowed to report on what their bosses tell them. They know they're full of shit, and they're threatened by the fact that the truth is no longer on broadcast news. If they don't realize this yet, it's because they sit in a studio all day and get all kinds of loving recognition and props from the American public who are truly in the dark about what's being omitted from their information feeds. Vital public safety information, withheld by those who they pay their hard-earned money to out of every single paycheck.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last year was named the second best place to work in the U.S. Government. (Source).
Gregory Jaczko, head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, made statements condemning the other commissioners' support for continued looseness of fire regulations last year, suggesting his agency could not properly regulate the industry given the current rules. His comments are posted here at Propublica.org.
Propublica reported:
In a forceful critique of his agency’s approach toward fire safety, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission declared that the policy of not enforcing most fire code violations at dozens of nuclear plants is “unacceptable” and has tied the hands of NRC inspectors.
Consider the lies of the Japanese officials and US officials about the nature of the radiation leaks. Consider and peruse the documents released under the Freedom of Information Act that are posted online and reveal much about what Nuclear Regulatory Officials said to each other privately when discussing what to tell the American public, the people who pay their salaries.
When I consider what's been publicly printed in "Official" sources like the LA Times and many other places, my head starts to feel like it's going to pop right off. They've been laying down the line that "computer simulations" caused the equipment failure. Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen has put the lie to that idea thoroughly at his website Fairewinds.com. The steam generators were souped up. Meaning there were several KEY design changes which the NRC did not scrutinize.
On the Youtube documentary comments on the Atomic USA reports, I saw several remarks from people saying "I've lived here all my life and had no idea," and similar statements of surprise.
ATOMIC U.S.A MELTDOWN part 1 on YouTube:
Santa Susana Meltdown kept secret for 20 years. This video shows how documents finally were released.
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care (2x)
There's a place so dark you can't see the end
(Skies cock back) and shock that which can't defend
The rain then sends dripping acidic questions
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes tightly shut looking thought the rust and rotten dust
A spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and its dark again
Chorus
Bridge:
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Moving all around
Screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps past the
Street lamps, chain-link, and concrete
A little piece of paper with a picture drawn
Floats on down the street till the wind is gone
The memory now is like the picture was then
When the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again
Chorus
Bridge
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see it right through you
Linkin Park, Forgotten
I just watched the three part Atomic Meltdown U.S.A segment on Youtube (search for title: Atomic Meltdown U.S.A part 1, part 2, part 3) and was blown away. In fact as I listened I was thinking "that sure sounds like Warren Olney...but not quite." (He wasn't identified in the beginning of the piece, which I was listening to more than watching.) Then I saw the name on the screen and realized I was watching a 1970's Warren Olney.
I'll have to listen to this show, with Warren Olney, here, now.
The program on KCRW is called "High Level Radioactivity in Groundwater at Santa Susana", aired THU MAY 20, 2004, produced by Frances Anderton.
I'm trying to learn more about this because I recently found out there had been a partial meltdown in Simi, a random online discovery just a few weeks ago, this being October 2012, and I was shocked. I was even more shocked after listening to a segment of American Public Media's Living On Earth, produced in 2006, about the class-action settlement by residents who became sick or died or lost loved ones to cancer. The meltdown is described as "the third worst release of radiation in nuclear history." Contrast that with how Warren describes the reports assessing safety after the meltdown, saying the reports "practically sighed with relief."
What does that tell me? What does that imply? Nothing good for you, me, or anyone in Southern California---and there are quite a few of us.
Today was the day I heard the Atomic Meltdown USA documentary (because that's really what it is, and some of that video is just amazing) ----and I can't really even describe how pissed off it made me. It's clear that some of the people Warren interviewed were uninformed, lying, or just plain bloody weak. And I'm referring to the "officials" who are in charge of these things and, unfortunately, involved in either keeping them secret or excusing the secrecy.
Most recently in nuclear news comes the alarming news that across the Pacific at the Dai-Ichi plant, Reactor 4 sits atop a 100-foot-tall, unstable structure, which workers cannot even approach because of the raging radioactivity. There has been word that the ground upon which that reactor sits has sunk 30 inches since 3/11, from Professor Mitsuhei Murata, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, who speaks in the video. Consider where the Fukushima plant is situated, on the seismically-active Ring of Fire. Then consider that we in Southern California sit on the opposite edge of that ring, in a quake zone, as well.
Then, consider that San Onofre sits near fault lines capable of a slip of greater magnitude than San O has been designed for---yet Edison wants to continue to operate it. On KPCC the other day Rochelle Becker of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility made an astounding statement. She said she "didn't know" whether San Onofre workers are in jeopardy.
I listened to the segment online while I was cleaning house. It's very interesting and very relevant because this is the process of deciding whether this plant will continue to operate. I found Becker's statement absolutely amazing and no one called her on it. San Onofre sits on a quake zone that is "15 months pregnant overdue" in the words of a Scripps seismologist, for "the Big One." And the Big One is bigger than what San O was designed for.
Given this simple truth, how can Ms. Becker make such a statement that she "doesn't know" whether plant workers are in danger? We are all in danger, and they are on the front lines. They are in serious danger, and their plant does not give a rat's ass about their safety from what I can tell. They also don't give a rat's ass about employing them.
From the LA Times August 12, 2012:
The company announced Monday a planned reduction of about 730 employees that will bring down staffing at the plant in northern San Diego County to 1,500. Details of the cuts will be worked out later this year, officials said.
....
Edison said in a statement that the company had begun plans to downsize more than two years ago after concluding that San Onofre's staffing and costs were "significantly higher" than at similar nuclear plants. In documents filed with the California Public Utilities Commission in 2010, the company outlined a projected reduction of 500 workers by October 2012.
At a large public meeting this past Tuesday, Edison workers rallied for their jobs and against plant shutdown. But Edison was planning to lay them off even before the reactor shutdown and equipment failures.
And Edison has been less than truthful, as has the NRC, in describing the problems with the generators are "computer modeling" predictions gone wrong. That's a pretty unique way to describe a situation where key design changes, including the addition of 400 high-pressure tubes to carry radioactive water, to the generators. Leaving that out of the explanation cannot be described as anything but a very serious lie of omission that distorts the facts by eliminating a key influence on the events.
This October 5, 2012 L.A. Times story says:
"A regulatory commission report blamed errors in computer modeling by Mitsubishi for the problems in the new steam generators.
In a statement Thursday, Mitsubishi pushed back against the suggestion that using a different modeling code would have prevented the problems, saying that the type of tube wear found at San Onofre was unprecedented in the industry."
Engineer Arnie Gundersen, who ran nuclear plants in the 70's and was blacklisted in the industry for speaking out about safety problems, has compiled reports describing the design changes, including this one.
Another excellent source of information about radiation in general, from Fukushima or otherwise, is Michael Collins' EnviroReporter.com out of Santa Monica. What I would give to hear Michael Collins on Warren Olney's show.
This recent article by Michael Collins describes a Tokyo company's tests for radioactivity and the results they found in California produce, which is less than comforting.
Meanwhile, a citizen blogger named Hatrick Penry has delved into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
These documents show what nuclear regulators and U.S. officials said to each other as the Dai-Ichi plant began its meltdown on 3/11.
If you don't trust Hatrick Penry's interpretation, you can read the official documents, posted here in part: "Official Transcripts-Audio File --transcripts of telephone conversations.
It's a 944 page document. It's a really good thing bloggers are writing and thinking about this. It amazes me how bloggers get ridiculed by Mainstream Media freaks, who only are allowed to report on what their bosses tell them. They know they're full of shit, and they're threatened by the fact that the truth is no longer on broadcast news. If they don't realize this yet, it's because they sit in a studio all day and get all kinds of loving recognition and props from the American public who are truly in the dark about what's being omitted from their information feeds. Vital public safety information, withheld by those who they pay their hard-earned money to out of every single paycheck.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last year was named the second best place to work in the U.S. Government. (Source).
Gregory Jaczko, head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, made statements condemning the other commissioners' support for continued looseness of fire regulations last year, suggesting his agency could not properly regulate the industry given the current rules. His comments are posted here at Propublica.org.
Propublica reported:
In a forceful critique of his agency’s approach toward fire safety, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission declared that the policy of not enforcing most fire code violations at dozens of nuclear plants is “unacceptable” and has tied the hands of NRC inspectors.
Consider the lies of the Japanese officials and US officials about the nature of the radiation leaks. Consider and peruse the documents released under the Freedom of Information Act that are posted online and reveal much about what Nuclear Regulatory Officials said to each other privately when discussing what to tell the American public, the people who pay their salaries.
When I consider what's been publicly printed in "Official" sources like the LA Times and many other places, my head starts to feel like it's going to pop right off. They've been laying down the line that "computer simulations" caused the equipment failure. Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen has put the lie to that idea thoroughly at his website Fairewinds.com. The steam generators were souped up. Meaning there were several KEY design changes which the NRC did not scrutinize.
On the Youtube documentary comments on the Atomic USA reports, I saw several remarks from people saying "I've lived here all my life and had no idea," and similar statements of surprise.
ATOMIC U.S.A MELTDOWN part 1 on YouTube:
Santa Susana Meltdown kept secret for 20 years. This video shows how documents finally were released.
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care (2x)
There's a place so dark you can't see the end
(Skies cock back) and shock that which can't defend
The rain then sends dripping acidic questions
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes tightly shut looking thought the rust and rotten dust
A spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and its dark again
Chorus
Bridge:
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Moving all around
Screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps past the
Street lamps, chain-link, and concrete
A little piece of paper with a picture drawn
Floats on down the street till the wind is gone
The memory now is like the picture was then
When the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again
Chorus
Bridge
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see it right through you
Linkin Park, Forgotten
12 Ekim 2012 Cuma
DNC Cancels Obama Bank of America Event
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CHARLOTTE, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced that convention programming, originally planned for Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, September 6, would be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, the site of the first two days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, due to severe weather forecasts. The DNCC also announced that President Barack Obama will address community credential holders in a conference call on Thursday. Call information will be emailed directly to community credential-holders.
About an hour ago the DNC posted the following announcement on their web site:"We have been monitoring weather forecasts closely and several reports predict thunderstorms in the area, therefore we have decided to move Thursday’s proceedings to Time Warner Cable Arena to ensure the safety and security of our delegates and convention guests,” said DNCC CEO Steve Kerrigan. The energy and enthusiasm for our convention in Charlotte has been overwhelming and we share the disappointment of over 65,000 people who signed up for community credentials to be there with the President in person. We encourage our community credential holders and Americans across the country to continue to come together with their friends and neighbors to watch and participate in history. The President will speak to these credential holders on a national conference call tomorrow afternoon, and we will work with the campaign to ensure that those unable to attend tomorrow’s event will be invited to see the President between now and election day.” ABOUT THE DNCCThe 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee is a not-for-profit organization responsible for planning and executing the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the week of September 3, 2012. CONTACT: Alex Glass, Joanne Peters, +1-980-249-5310Cedar's Take: Sounds pretty lame to me and I suspect that it was more the fear that thousands would be no shows if rain showed up on the horizon. Much the way Panther fans do on not perfect Sundays.
DNCC Announces Thursday’s Convention Proceedings Will Move to Time Warner Cable Arena Due to Severe Weather Forecasts
CHARLOTTE, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced that convention programming, originally planned for Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, September 6, would be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, the site of the first two days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, due to severe weather forecasts. The DNCC also announced that President Barack Obama will address community credential holders in a conference call on Thursday. Call information will be emailed directly to community credential-holders.
About an hour ago the DNC posted the following announcement on their web site:"We have been monitoring weather forecasts closely and several reports predict thunderstorms in the area, therefore we have decided to move Thursday’s proceedings to Time Warner Cable Arena to ensure the safety and security of our delegates and convention guests,” said DNCC CEO Steve Kerrigan. The energy and enthusiasm for our convention in Charlotte has been overwhelming and we share the disappointment of over 65,000 people who signed up for community credentials to be there with the President in person. We encourage our community credential holders and Americans across the country to continue to come together with their friends and neighbors to watch and participate in history. The President will speak to these credential holders on a national conference call tomorrow afternoon, and we will work with the campaign to ensure that those unable to attend tomorrow’s event will be invited to see the President between now and election day.” ABOUT THE DNCCThe 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee is a not-for-profit organization responsible for planning and executing the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the week of September 3, 2012. CONTACT: Alex Glass, Joanne Peters, +1-980-249-5310Cedar's Take: Sounds pretty lame to me and I suspect that it was more the fear that thousands would be no shows if rain showed up on the horizon. Much the way Panther fans do on not perfect Sundays.
In Case You Missed It - Hannah McCarley
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The DNC's youngest delegate answered the roll call this morning for West Virginia.
McCarley just made it under the wire as a delegate, as the requirement is that all delegates be at least 18, and her birthday was Tuesday.
At just before for 1 a.m. Thursday morning Ms. McCarley answered "The Great State of West Virgina....." in a voice that projected confidence far beyond her years.
While most of the delegates had already left the Time Warner Arena with only delegates from Wisconsin and Wyoming standing McCarley's voice listing the virtues of Wild Wonderful West Virgina was met with thunderous applause.
More about Hannah McCarley here: W.Va. teen to be among youngest delegates at Democratic Convention in the State Journal.
McCarley just made it under the wire as a delegate, as the requirement is that all delegates be at least 18, and her birthday was Tuesday.
At just before for 1 a.m. Thursday morning Ms. McCarley answered "The Great State of West Virgina....." in a voice that projected confidence far beyond her years.
While most of the delegates had already left the Time Warner Arena with only delegates from Wisconsin and Wyoming standing McCarley's voice listing the virtues of Wild Wonderful West Virgina was met with thunderous applause.
More about Hannah McCarley here: W.Va. teen to be among youngest delegates at Democratic Convention in the State Journal.
Sunday's Pre Game Beer Ad
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Figured it was time to revisit this Heineken commercial that popped up during the MLB All Star break.
First no that is not Amy Winehouse, remember she's dead. The band in question: Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, an Australian group whose debut album, ‘Baby Caught the Bus,’ came out last November and includes the song ‘Love Letter,’ performed here. If you liked Amy Winehouse, then you'll get a big rush if you give a listen to Clairy and as a bonus you won't have to guess if she is high on H.
The full song is here.Yes the video is not very original, looking a lot like Lady Gaga.
Figured it was time to revisit this Heineken commercial that popped up during the MLB All Star break.
First no that is not Amy Winehouse, remember she's dead. The band in question: Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, an Australian group whose debut album, ‘Baby Caught the Bus,’ came out last November and includes the song ‘Love Letter,’ performed here. If you liked Amy Winehouse, then you'll get a big rush if you give a listen to Clairy and as a bonus you won't have to guess if she is high on H.
The full song is here.Yes the video is not very original, looking a lot like Lady Gaga.
Monday's Odd and Ends
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Belk South Park Fire Hazard - This is the fire exit at Belk SouthPark, which is cluttered with boxes and stock. You got to love the sign "Do Not Block Fire Door"
The trouble is this exit is one of two on the second floor that in the event of a fire customers would use to escape death. So CP was pretty surprised when one of the floor managers offered, "It doesn't look that bad".
The Belk manager is correct it doesn't look that bad, except with the power out, smoke filling rapidly and a store filled with Christmas shoppers the death toll would be stunning. They would all die right here, with the first person to stumble and fall.
You can guess that if this is in plain sight there are more violations behind the doors.
Cedar Posts not being real pleased with the official response from Belk looked to Charlotte's Fire Department as plan "B". The CFD has a "on-line" form that can be completed to "rat out" violators, so CP did just that. But a week later, nothing but crickets.
The CFD form is here.
Plan "C" was a tweet with the above photo attached directed to CFD public information officer Mark Basnight. His response was classic "@MarkBasnight Sorry, not on the clock nor do the comments made on my personal Twitter account represent CFD"
Rea Road Construction - The mess on Rea Road between Highway 51 and Colony continues. The good news is that after a week of traffic tie-ups the improvements to the intersection at 51 and Rea was completed Sunday afternoon.
Bank of America - Friday BofA announced 16,000 lay offs, that will happen before Christmas.
Greed of course is good, and with interest margins shrinking and banking fees coming under the watchful eyes of the Feds, Bank of America has little choice but to try and cut their way to profitability.
Laying off 16 thousand employees when just a week before they announced they were ready to grow strikes many as odd. But this is the way Bank of America has treated their customers for years.
More from ABC News here.
Percy Craven - Cedar Posts is going to spin off Percy Craven and give him a dedicated twitter account. I doubt the world will flock to see what Percy has on his mind but if a far right leaning, 89 year old self admitted "semi" racist pickup truck driving hillbilly farmer former USFS employee now turned "full time" fisherman has something on his mind you just might read it here. https://twitter.com/@percycraven A little insight at Percy Craven and a fish story of sorts is here http://cedarposts.blogspot.com/2012/08/percy-craven.html
The trouble is this exit is one of two on the second floor that in the event of a fire customers would use to escape death. So CP was pretty surprised when one of the floor managers offered, "It doesn't look that bad".
The Belk manager is correct it doesn't look that bad, except with the power out, smoke filling rapidly and a store filled with Christmas shoppers the death toll would be stunning. They would all die right here, with the first person to stumble and fall.
You can guess that if this is in plain sight there are more violations behind the doors.
Cedar Posts not being real pleased with the official response from Belk looked to Charlotte's Fire Department as plan "B". The CFD has a "on-line" form that can be completed to "rat out" violators, so CP did just that. But a week later, nothing but crickets.
The CFD form is here.
Plan "C" was a tweet with the above photo attached directed to CFD public information officer Mark Basnight. His response was classic "@MarkBasnight Sorry, not on the clock nor do the comments made on my personal Twitter account represent CFD"
Rea Road Construction - The mess on Rea Road between Highway 51 and Colony continues. The good news is that after a week of traffic tie-ups the improvements to the intersection at 51 and Rea was completed Sunday afternoon.
Bank of America - Friday BofA announced 16,000 lay offs, that will happen before Christmas.
Greed of course is good, and with interest margins shrinking and banking fees coming under the watchful eyes of the Feds, Bank of America has little choice but to try and cut their way to profitability.
Laying off 16 thousand employees when just a week before they announced they were ready to grow strikes many as odd. But this is the way Bank of America has treated their customers for years.
More from ABC News here.
Percy Craven - Cedar Posts is going to spin off Percy Craven and give him a dedicated twitter account. I doubt the world will flock to see what Percy has on his mind but if a far right leaning, 89 year old self admitted "semi" racist pickup truck driving hillbilly farmer former USFS employee now turned "full time" fisherman has something on his mind you just might read it here. https://twitter.com/@percycraven A little insight at Percy Craven and a fish story of sorts is here http://cedarposts.blogspot.com/2012/08/percy-craven.html
Charlotte's Brittany Kerr Back In The Spotlight Sort Of
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Brittany Kerr, the former Charlotte resident and American Idol contestant seen kissing Jason Aldean in a crowded Sunset Strip bar has deleted her Twitter account https://twitter.com/
Kerr claims she didn't know Aldean was married despite the fact he was wearing his wedding ring. Late Monday Brittany Kerr has issued an apology for getting up close and personal with married country singer ... chalking the whole thing up to a "lapse in judgment."
The former "American Idol" contestant says, "The actions I portrayed recently were not a representation of my true character, but a lapse in judgment on my part."
She adds, "I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone that has been affected by this, including my friends & family." Cedar's Take: Based on my limited interactions with the Britt, she's a ding dong. Her laspe in judgement is the least of her troubles, if she thinks this guy is even remotely attractive.
I'm pretty sure she was hearing "baby you can drive my car" at the time and completly missed the wedding ring clue.
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| Cedar's fav Brittany Kerr moment, the Britt makes an adjustment to her assets on national television. |
Kerr claims she didn't know Aldean was married despite the fact he was wearing his wedding ring. Late Monday Brittany Kerr has issued an apology for getting up close and personal with married country singer ... chalking the whole thing up to a "lapse in judgment."
The former "American Idol" contestant says, "The actions I portrayed recently were not a representation of my true character, but a lapse in judgment on my part."
She adds, "I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone that has been affected by this, including my friends & family." Cedar's Take: Based on my limited interactions with the Britt, she's a ding dong. Her laspe in judgement is the least of her troubles, if she thinks this guy is even remotely attractive.
I'm pretty sure she was hearing "baby you can drive my car" at the time and completly missed the wedding ring clue.
11 Ekim 2012 Perşembe
FBI Issues New Scam Warning
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning the public about a new form of malware that restricts access to your computer and demands a ransom for the restriction to be removed! "Ransomware" forces an official-looking screen to pop up informing the user that they have violated US federal law and claims the user's IP address has been identified as visiting websites that feature illegal content. The malware is sometimes used to encrypt files on the system's hard drive, while other times it is used just to coax users into paying. If you have received this attempt to extort money, do not follow payment instructions and seek out a reputable computer expert to remove the malware.
Back to School Safety
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It's that time of year again when kids head back to school (and parents celebrate!) For those of you who have children heading to school for the first time, Education.com has a variety of articles to help make the transition successfully, including tips to help your kids stay safe. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office will be out in force making sure drivers obey speed limits in school zones and stop for school buses. This press release issued today reminds drivers to avoid distractions while behind the wheel, particularly since students will be walking or riding their bicycles to and from the bus stop or school. Let's make sure 2012-2013 is a safe school year for students of all ages!
It's that time of year again when kids head back to school (and parents celebrate!) For those of you who have children heading to school for the first time, Education.com has a variety of articles to help make the transition successfully, including tips to help your kids stay safe. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office will be out in force making sure drivers obey speed limits in school zones and stop for school buses. This press release issued today reminds drivers to avoid distractions while behind the wheel, particularly since students will be walking or riding their bicycles to and from the bus stop or school. Let's make sure 2012-2013 is a safe school year for students of all ages!
Start Hurricane Preparations Today
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With Tropical Storm Isaac trying to grow toward hurricane strength, today is the day to start preparing for the effects of a Florida landfall. I came across The Allstate Blog and the article 4 Things to Hoard for an Emergency, with tips about stocking up on the necessary supplies. If you are new to Sarasota County or this could be your first real storm, please visit the
Emergency Services page on the county web site to learn more about evacuation zones, area shelters and protecting your home. Do not wait for the weekend to start taking these steps. Being prepared is your best protection!
With Tropical Storm Isaac trying to grow toward hurricane strength, today is the day to start preparing for the effects of a Florida landfall. I came across The Allstate Blog and the article 4 Things to Hoard for an Emergency, with tips about stocking up on the necessary supplies. If you are new to Sarasota County or this could be your first real storm, please visit the Emergency Services page on the county web site to learn more about evacuation zones, area shelters and protecting your home. Do not wait for the weekend to start taking these steps. Being prepared is your best protection!
Sarasota County Welcomes a New Community
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Sheriff Tom Knight spoke to an enthusiastic crowd that gathered today as Neal Communities unveiled the larges master-planned community of its kind in Venice. Grand Palm, located off Center Road, will eventually have nearly 2,000 homes and an estimated 4,000 residents. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office keeps tabs on new construction, particularly when it means an eventual influx of people to one geographic area. Staff examines how the community's presence might affect our operations, anticipates how to best address the potential increase in traffic and evaluates whether the number of new residents will impact our current patrol zones. Plans can be put in place now, and then personnel or budget needs can be refined as the community grows. Welcome to Sarasota County Grand Palm!
Sheriff Tom Knight spoke to an enthusiastic crowd that gathered today as Neal Communities unveiled the larges master-planned community of its kind in Venice. Grand Palm, located off Center Road, will eventually have nearly 2,000 homes and an estimated 4,000 residents. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office keeps tabs on new construction, particularly when it means an eventual influx of people to one geographic area. Staff examines how the community's presence might affect our operations, anticipates how to best address the potential increase in traffic and evaluates whether the number of new residents will impact our current patrol zones. Plans can be put in place now, and then personnel or budget needs can be refined as the community grows. Welcome to Sarasota County Grand Palm!
Stepping Out Against Domestic Violence
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One in four women is a victim of domestic violence in the United States and that means you may know someone who is or has been in an abusive relationship. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and there is a special event tomorrow (Saturday) in downtown Sarasota where you can show your support for a violence-free future. Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) will hold "Stepping Out Against Violence" at J.D. Hamel Park (2 Marina Plaza). Registration is just $5 and begins at 8:00 a.m., with the walk beginning at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is welcome - parents with strollers, children and even pets. Show up and share some inspiration!
One in four women is a victim of domestic violence in the United States and that means you may know someone who is or has been in an abusive relationship. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and there is a special event tomorrow (Saturday) in downtown Sarasota where you can show your support for a violence-free future. Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) will hold "Stepping Out Against Violence" at J.D. Hamel Park (2 Marina Plaza). Registration is just $5 and begins at 8:00 a.m., with the walk beginning at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is welcome - parents with strollers, children and even pets. Show up and share some inspiration!
10 Ekim 2012 Çarşamba
Second man charged in connection with stolen firearms
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A second person has been arrested and faces chargesconnected to the firearms stolen from a Sheriff’s Office patrol car earlierthis week. One of the two missing handguns has been recovered. Crime Stoppersis offering a substantial reward for information leading to recovery of thesecond handgun.
On Thursday, Detective David Brummer received a phone callfrom a man who said he had a .40 caliber Glock handgun he bought from 26 yearold Anthony Ostrander. He said he’d just heard on the radio about the patrolcar burglary where a similar weapon was stolen and was concerned the gun hebought might be one of the stolen handguns. He met with Detective Brummer andhanded over the weapon, which did turn out to be one stolen from the patrolvehicle.
The man told Detective Brummer he received a call on Tuesdayfrom Ostrander. He said Ostrander told him he had two guns to sell. He met withOstrander and Kalvin Cowger in the parking lot of Winn Dixie on Big Pine Key.Ostrander was driving a white Toyota pickup truck. He said the two men showedhim a .40 caliber and a .45 caliber Glock. He said he bought the .40 caliberfor $300.00.
This morning, based on the man’s information, DetectiveBrummer obtained a warrant for Ostrander’s arrest for dealing in stolenproperty. He stopped Ostrander in his white Toyota truck near the 7 mile markerof the highway. Ostrander has a suspended driver’s license and had attached atag to the vehicle which was not assigned to it. Inside the truck he had a pipelike those commonly used to smoke marijuana.
Ostrander was arrested. He was charged with dealing instolen property, driving with his license suspended, attaching a tag notassigned and possession of drug paraphernalia.
“Our detectives have gone all out to solve this case and getthe stolen weapons and equipment off the street,” said Colonel Rick Ramsay.“Their hard work has resulted in two arrests and the recovery of almost all theitems stolen. Our thanks go out to Crime Stoppers for assisting with the caseand to the community, particularly those people who came forward withinformation. Working together, we got this done quickly,” he said.
One weapon from the vehicle burglary – the .45 caliber Glock- has still not been recovered and both Ostrander and Cowger continue to denyknowing where it is. Crime Stoppers of the Florida Keys is offering a $500.00reward to anyone who calls in information which leads to the recovery of theweapon. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call the Crime Stoppers hotline number at 1-800-346-TIPS. Tips may also be submitted anonymously on lineat www.tipsubmit.com.
A second person has been arrested and faces chargesconnected to the firearms stolen from a Sheriff’s Office patrol car earlierthis week. One of the two missing handguns has been recovered. Crime Stoppersis offering a substantial reward for information leading to recovery of thesecond handgun.
On Thursday, Detective David Brummer received a phone callfrom a man who said he had a .40 caliber Glock handgun he bought from 26 yearold Anthony Ostrander. He said he’d just heard on the radio about the patrolcar burglary where a similar weapon was stolen and was concerned the gun hebought might be one of the stolen handguns. He met with Detective Brummer andhanded over the weapon, which did turn out to be one stolen from the patrolvehicle.
The man told Detective Brummer he received a call on Tuesdayfrom Ostrander. He said Ostrander told him he had two guns to sell. He met withOstrander and Kalvin Cowger in the parking lot of Winn Dixie on Big Pine Key.Ostrander was driving a white Toyota pickup truck. He said the two men showedhim a .40 caliber and a .45 caliber Glock. He said he bought the .40 caliberfor $300.00.
This morning, based on the man’s information, DetectiveBrummer obtained a warrant for Ostrander’s arrest for dealing in stolenproperty. He stopped Ostrander in his white Toyota truck near the 7 mile markerof the highway. Ostrander has a suspended driver’s license and had attached atag to the vehicle which was not assigned to it. Inside the truck he had a pipelike those commonly used to smoke marijuana.
Ostrander was arrested. He was charged with dealing instolen property, driving with his license suspended, attaching a tag notassigned and possession of drug paraphernalia.
“Our detectives have gone all out to solve this case and getthe stolen weapons and equipment off the street,” said Colonel Rick Ramsay.“Their hard work has resulted in two arrests and the recovery of almost all theitems stolen. Our thanks go out to Crime Stoppers for assisting with the caseand to the community, particularly those people who came forward withinformation. Working together, we got this done quickly,” he said.
One weapon from the vehicle burglary – the .45 caliber Glock- has still not been recovered and both Ostrander and Cowger continue to denyknowing where it is. Crime Stoppers of the Florida Keys is offering a $500.00reward to anyone who calls in information which leads to the recovery of theweapon. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call the Crime Stoppers hotline number at 1-800-346-TIPS. Tips may also be submitted anonymously on lineat www.tipsubmit.com.
Crime Stoppers tip leads to last handgun
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A Crime stoppers tip led Sheriff’s detectives this afternoonto the location of the last missing firearm, stolen from a Sheriff’s patrolvehicle this week.
A caller to the Crime Stoppers hot line directed detectivesto the house where Kalvin Cowger lives on West Sandy Circle, Big Pine Key.Cowger’s mother gave detectives consent to search for the .45 Caliber Glockhandgun and it was located there and recovered.
More charges are pending in the case, but now all theequipment stolen from the patrol vehicle has been recovered.
“We want to thank Crime Stoppers of the Florida Keys fortheir help with this case. Their commitment to the safety of the community is clearand their partnership with our agency, and other law enforcement agencies is atrue asset,” said Colonel Rick Ramsay. “I also want to thank all of thedeputies and detectives who literally worked night and day to make sure werecovered all the stolen guns and equipment.”
A caller to the Crime Stoppers hot line directed detectivesto the house where Kalvin Cowger lives on West Sandy Circle, Big Pine Key.Cowger’s mother gave detectives consent to search for the .45 Caliber Glockhandgun and it was located there and recovered.
More charges are pending in the case, but now all theequipment stolen from the patrol vehicle has been recovered.
“We want to thank Crime Stoppers of the Florida Keys fortheir help with this case. Their commitment to the safety of the community is clearand their partnership with our agency, and other law enforcement agencies is atrue asset,” said Colonel Rick Ramsay. “I also want to thank all of thedeputies and detectives who literally worked night and day to make sure werecovered all the stolen guns and equipment.”
Teen arrested for fleeing police, stolen auto
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A 17 year old Cudjoe teen, arrested Friday for burglarizingvehicles on Big Pine Key, was arrested again today for fleeing from deputies ina stolen car.
Deputy Michael Claudy was parked in Layton at 3:30 a.m. when driver Nicholas Burttram drove by him ina white pickup truck with “Pepsi” on the side in excess of 100 miles per hour,southbound. When Deputy Claudy pulled behind the truck and turned on his lightsand siren, Burttram refused to stop.
Deputies at two locations in Marathon attempted to use tirespikes to stop the truck; Burttram used evasive maneuvers to drive around thespikes on both occasions, continuing at a high rate of speed. Deputies finallyturned off lights and sirens on the Seven Mile Bridge in the hopes Burttramwould slow down.
They followed Burttram at a distance to Sands Road on BigPine Key, where he turned off the highway. He finally came to a stop at a residenceon Avenue C on Big Pine Key. He was taken into custody at that location withoutincident. In the car, deputies found a bottle of Vodka that was almost empty.Burttram said he refused to stop for deputies because he was angry.
The truck he was driving turned out to have been stolen froma residence on Cudjoe Key.
Burttram was charged with fleeing police, reckless driving,burglary and theft of an automobile, possession of alcohol by a minor and resistingarrest. He was booked at the Marathon jail and turned over to the Department ofJuvenile Justice.
Deputy Michael Claudy was parked in Layton at 3:30 a.m. when driver Nicholas Burttram drove by him ina white pickup truck with “Pepsi” on the side in excess of 100 miles per hour,southbound. When Deputy Claudy pulled behind the truck and turned on his lightsand siren, Burttram refused to stop.
Deputies at two locations in Marathon attempted to use tirespikes to stop the truck; Burttram used evasive maneuvers to drive around thespikes on both occasions, continuing at a high rate of speed. Deputies finallyturned off lights and sirens on the Seven Mile Bridge in the hopes Burttramwould slow down.
They followed Burttram at a distance to Sands Road on BigPine Key, where he turned off the highway. He finally came to a stop at a residenceon Avenue C on Big Pine Key. He was taken into custody at that location withoutincident. In the car, deputies found a bottle of Vodka that was almost empty.Burttram said he refused to stop for deputies because he was angry.
The truck he was driving turned out to have been stolen froma residence on Cudjoe Key.
Burttram was charged with fleeing police, reckless driving,burglary and theft of an automobile, possession of alcohol by a minor and resistingarrest. He was booked at the Marathon jail and turned over to the Department ofJuvenile Justice.
Search warrant leads to drug arrest
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Stock Island - The Sheriff's Special Weapons and TacticsTeam, Special Investigations detectives, and the Drug EnforcementAdministration executed a search warrant Tuesday at 12:30 P.M.on StockIsland.
The warrant was served at 35-A 8th Avenue. As entry was made through the frontof the trailer, 19 year old Jack Dennis Cantres ran out the back and wasdetained by detectives. The search turned up a half of a cookie of crackcocaine, the equivalent of about 45 crack cocaine rocks. Also found were 131 grams of powdered cocaine, 202 grams of marijuana and scaleswith drug residue. Detectives seized $4,841.00 in suspected drug proceeds.Several chickens on the property were turned over to the Florida Keys SPCA.
Cantres was arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaineand felony possession of marijuana with intent to sell. He also facescharges of possession of a counterfeit drivers license, and possession ofdrug paraphernalia. More charges are still pending.
The warrant was served at 35-A 8th Avenue. As entry was made through the frontof the trailer, 19 year old Jack Dennis Cantres ran out the back and wasdetained by detectives. The search turned up a half of a cookie of crackcocaine, the equivalent of about 45 crack cocaine rocks. Also found were 131 grams of powdered cocaine, 202 grams of marijuana and scaleswith drug residue. Detectives seized $4,841.00 in suspected drug proceeds.Several chickens on the property were turned over to the Florida Keys SPCA.
Cantres was arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaineand felony possession of marijuana with intent to sell. He also facescharges of possession of a counterfeit drivers license, and possession ofdrug paraphernalia. More charges are still pending.
Man found dead, floating in the water off Key Largo
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Key Largo – A Key Largo man was found dead in the wateroffshore of the Florida Bay Club, on the bay side of the 103.5 mile marker ofthe highway today.
Detective Deborah Ryan of the Major Crimes Unit says there wereno signs of foul play in evidence on the body of 58 year old Robert ThomasGannaway of Key Largo when he was pulled from the water. An autopsy will bedone to determine the cause of his death.
Gannaway’s wife told Detective Ryan she woke up at 5 a.m.and found that her husband was gone from the house. He left his wallet and cellphone at home. His truck was gone.
At 10:20 a.m., Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call that aman’s body had been found just offshore of the Florida Bay Club. The body wasidentified as Gannaway.
His truck was found a short time later parked near Adam’sCut Bridge, where Detective Ryan believes he most likely went into the water.
Detective Deborah Ryan of the Major Crimes Unit says there wereno signs of foul play in evidence on the body of 58 year old Robert ThomasGannaway of Key Largo when he was pulled from the water. An autopsy will bedone to determine the cause of his death.
Gannaway’s wife told Detective Ryan she woke up at 5 a.m.and found that her husband was gone from the house. He left his wallet and cellphone at home. His truck was gone.
At 10:20 a.m., Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call that aman’s body had been found just offshore of the Florida Bay Club. The body wasidentified as Gannaway.
His truck was found a short time later parked near Adam’sCut Bridge, where Detective Ryan believes he most likely went into the water.
9 Ekim 2012 Salı
Another One Bites The Dust
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Just out of the shadows of the last night's DNC events one of Charlotte's street thugs was gunned down shortly after dusk.
A year ago Zachary Jamal Pittman was arrest and charged with attempted 1st degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon (gun) and armed robbery and possession.
These guys play hard and when it comes to guns they die hard. A culture of violence that no amount of police intervention can disrupt, sadly it is in their DNA.
So it comes as little surprise that he met his end along the 10000 block of English Setter Drive around 8:48 p.m. Wednesday night.
Just after "hard dark" CMPD Officers responded to a call for service in reference to shots fired at the intersection of Yellow Rose Lane and Terrier Way.
As officers rolled up to the location a trail of blood was noticeable. In the damp evening air the smell of gunpowder was heavy enough that it still lingered.
A second call came to police for a suspicious person on English Setter Drive, located in close proximity to the shots fired call, police say. When officers got to the scene, they found a man lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound.
Medic arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim deceased. He was later identified as 25-year-old Zachary Jamal Pittman.
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| Deceased Zachary Jamal Pittman |
These guys play hard and when it comes to guns they die hard. A culture of violence that no amount of police intervention can disrupt, sadly it is in their DNA.
So it comes as little surprise that he met his end along the 10000 block of English Setter Drive around 8:48 p.m. Wednesday night.
Just after "hard dark" CMPD Officers responded to a call for service in reference to shots fired at the intersection of Yellow Rose Lane and Terrier Way.
As officers rolled up to the location a trail of blood was noticeable. In the damp evening air the smell of gunpowder was heavy enough that it still lingered.
A second call came to police for a suspicious person on English Setter Drive, located in close proximity to the shots fired call, police say. When officers got to the scene, they found a man lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound.
Medic arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim deceased. He was later identified as 25-year-old Zachary Jamal Pittman.
DNC Vote On God and Jerusalem - Epic!
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Here's the deal the democrats got together and took out support for Israel and removed God from the party platform. Well, that wasn't sitting to well with those in charge of getting Barrack Obama re-elected they put it back in using a baseball bat.
Slick stuff, they took a voice vote to suspend the rules that require a roll call vote, when less than 1/2 the delegates where in the Time Warner Arena and the other half wasn't paying attention. Then they ask for a 2/3rds majority to approve the change, but the voice vote ("I" or "Nay") is clearly a draw and not a majorly needed to pass. In fact it may be better than 50% against the change.
But after three votes the Democratic chair says it passes by a 2/3rds majority. Amazing, the dems give the shaft to their delegates on live television.
Here's the deal the democrats got together and took out support for Israel and removed God from the party platform. Well, that wasn't sitting to well with those in charge of getting Barrack Obama re-elected they put it back in using a baseball bat.
Slick stuff, they took a voice vote to suspend the rules that require a roll call vote, when less than 1/2 the delegates where in the Time Warner Arena and the other half wasn't paying attention. Then they ask for a 2/3rds majority to approve the change, but the voice vote ("I" or "Nay") is clearly a draw and not a majorly needed to pass. In fact it may be better than 50% against the change.
But after three votes the Democratic chair says it passes by a 2/3rds majority. Amazing, the dems give the shaft to their delegates on live television.
Sunday's Pre Game Beer Ad
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Figured it was time to revisit this Heineken commercial that popped up during the MLB All Star break.
First no that is not Amy Winehouse, remember she's dead. The band in question: Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, an Australian group whose debut album, ‘Baby Caught the Bus,’ came out last November and includes the song ‘Love Letter,’ performed here. If you liked Amy Winehouse, then you'll get a big rush if you give a listen to Clairy and as a bonus you won't have to guess if she is high on H.
The full song is here.Yes the video is not very original, looking a lot like Lady Gaga.
Figured it was time to revisit this Heineken commercial that popped up during the MLB All Star break.
First no that is not Amy Winehouse, remember she's dead. The band in question: Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, an Australian group whose debut album, ‘Baby Caught the Bus,’ came out last November and includes the song ‘Love Letter,’ performed here. If you liked Amy Winehouse, then you'll get a big rush if you give a listen to Clairy and as a bonus you won't have to guess if she is high on H.
The full song is here.Yes the video is not very original, looking a lot like Lady Gaga.
Monday's Odd and Ends
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Belk South Park Fire Hazard - This is the fire exit at Belk SouthPark, which is cluttered with boxes and stock. You got to love the sign "Do Not Block Fire Door"
The trouble is this exit is one of two on the second floor that in the event of a fire customers would use to escape death. So CP was pretty surprised when one of the floor managers offered, "It doesn't look that bad".
The Belk manager is correct it doesn't look that bad, except with the power out, smoke filling rapidly and a store filled with Christmas shoppers the death toll would be stunning. They would all die right here, with the first person to stumble and fall.
You can guess that if this is in plain sight there are more violations behind the doors.
Cedar Posts not being real pleased with the official response from Belk looked to Charlotte's Fire Department as plan "B". The CFD has a "on-line" form that can be completed to "rat out" violators, so CP did just that. But a week later, nothing but crickets.
The CFD form is here.
Plan "C" was a tweet with the above photo attached directed to CFD public information officer Mark Basnight. His response was classic "@MarkBasnight Sorry, not on the clock nor do the comments made on my personal Twitter account represent CFD"
Rea Road Construction - The mess on Rea Road between Highway 51 and Colony continues. The good news is that after a week of traffic tie-ups the improvements to the intersection at 51 and Rea was completed Sunday afternoon.
Bank of America - Friday BofA announced 16,000 lay offs, that will happen before Christmas.
Greed of course is good, and with interest margins shrinking and banking fees coming under the watchful eyes of the Feds, Bank of America has little choice but to try and cut their way to profitability.
Laying off 16 thousand employees when just a week before they announced they were ready to grow strikes many as odd. But this is the way Bank of America has treated their customers for years.
More from ABC News here.
Percy Craven - Cedar Posts is going to spin off Percy Craven and give him a dedicated twitter account. I doubt the world will flock to see what Percy has on his mind but if a far right leaning, 89 year old self admitted "semi" racist pickup truck driving hillbilly farmer former USFS employee now turned "full time" fisherman has something on his mind you just might read it here. https://twitter.com/@percycraven A little insight at Percy Craven and a fish story of sorts is here http://cedarposts.blogspot.com/2012/08/percy-craven.html
The trouble is this exit is one of two on the second floor that in the event of a fire customers would use to escape death. So CP was pretty surprised when one of the floor managers offered, "It doesn't look that bad".
The Belk manager is correct it doesn't look that bad, except with the power out, smoke filling rapidly and a store filled with Christmas shoppers the death toll would be stunning. They would all die right here, with the first person to stumble and fall.
You can guess that if this is in plain sight there are more violations behind the doors.
Cedar Posts not being real pleased with the official response from Belk looked to Charlotte's Fire Department as plan "B". The CFD has a "on-line" form that can be completed to "rat out" violators, so CP did just that. But a week later, nothing but crickets.
The CFD form is here.
Plan "C" was a tweet with the above photo attached directed to CFD public information officer Mark Basnight. His response was classic "@MarkBasnight Sorry, not on the clock nor do the comments made on my personal Twitter account represent CFD"
Rea Road Construction - The mess on Rea Road between Highway 51 and Colony continues. The good news is that after a week of traffic tie-ups the improvements to the intersection at 51 and Rea was completed Sunday afternoon.
Bank of America - Friday BofA announced 16,000 lay offs, that will happen before Christmas.
Greed of course is good, and with interest margins shrinking and banking fees coming under the watchful eyes of the Feds, Bank of America has little choice but to try and cut their way to profitability.
Laying off 16 thousand employees when just a week before they announced they were ready to grow strikes many as odd. But this is the way Bank of America has treated their customers for years.
More from ABC News here.
Percy Craven - Cedar Posts is going to spin off Percy Craven and give him a dedicated twitter account. I doubt the world will flock to see what Percy has on his mind but if a far right leaning, 89 year old self admitted "semi" racist pickup truck driving hillbilly farmer former USFS employee now turned "full time" fisherman has something on his mind you just might read it here. https://twitter.com/@percycraven A little insight at Percy Craven and a fish story of sorts is here http://cedarposts.blogspot.com/2012/08/percy-craven.html
Charlotte's Brittany Kerr Back In The Spotlight Sort Of
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Brittany Kerr, the former Charlotte resident and American Idol contestant seen kissing Jason Aldean in a crowded Sunset Strip bar has deleted her Twitter account https://twitter.com/
Kerr claims she didn't know Aldean was married despite the fact he was wearing his wedding ring. Late Monday Brittany Kerr has issued an apology for getting up close and personal with married country singer ... chalking the whole thing up to a "lapse in judgment."
The former "American Idol" contestant says, "The actions I portrayed recently were not a representation of my true character, but a lapse in judgment on my part."
She adds, "I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone that has been affected by this, including my friends & family." Cedar's Take: Based on my limited interactions with the Britt, she's a ding dong. Her laspe in judgement is the least of her troubles, if she thinks this guy is even remotely attractive.
I'm pretty sure she was hearing "baby you can drive my car" at the time and completly missed the wedding ring clue.
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| Cedar's fav Brittany Kerr moment, the Britt makes an adjustment to her assets on national television. |
Kerr claims she didn't know Aldean was married despite the fact he was wearing his wedding ring. Late Monday Brittany Kerr has issued an apology for getting up close and personal with married country singer ... chalking the whole thing up to a "lapse in judgment."
The former "American Idol" contestant says, "The actions I portrayed recently were not a representation of my true character, but a lapse in judgment on my part."
She adds, "I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone that has been affected by this, including my friends & family." Cedar's Take: Based on my limited interactions with the Britt, she's a ding dong. Her laspe in judgement is the least of her troubles, if she thinks this guy is even remotely attractive.
I'm pretty sure she was hearing "baby you can drive my car" at the time and completly missed the wedding ring clue.
8 Ekim 2012 Pazartesi
US Department of Justice Steps Between Chief Monroe and DNC Protesters
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One of the interesting aspects of the Occupy protests during the DNC was the appearance of Department of Justice representatives.
In the clip below CMPD Chief Monroe, tells the reporter with the camera the DOJ “just sent them” without any request from the city. Turning the camera on the DOJ/CRS agents at the convention the reporter/camera man gets much the same answer.
Seems the "higher ups" didn't have faith in CMPD's ability to peacefully handle the situation and sent counselors to "mediate" the protesters interaction with CMPD Command Staff. Which would explain the "allowed to stay" aspect of the Marshall Park encampment and Bill James sudden silence on the matter last week. One can assume James got the memo late on Monday saying "The DOJ said so". Which also might explain this little quote from the Charlotte Observer's Editorial Board "The essence of hospitality is allowing others to be themselves in your home, and we embraced just that. Demonstrators demonstrated, often led in their marches by Police Chief Rodney Monroe himself."
In the clip below CMPD Chief Monroe, tells the reporter with the camera the DOJ “just sent them” without any request from the city. Turning the camera on the DOJ/CRS agents at the convention the reporter/camera man gets much the same answer.
Seems the "higher ups" didn't have faith in CMPD's ability to peacefully handle the situation and sent counselors to "mediate" the protesters interaction with CMPD Command Staff. Which would explain the "allowed to stay" aspect of the Marshall Park encampment and Bill James sudden silence on the matter last week. One can assume James got the memo late on Monday saying "The DOJ said so". Which also might explain this little quote from the Charlotte Observer's Editorial Board "The essence of hospitality is allowing others to be themselves in your home, and we embraced just that. Demonstrators demonstrated, often led in their marches by Police Chief Rodney Monroe himself."
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